I really was taken with how lovely Violet looked in this scene. I think they softened her so that it was more believable that she could be the object of Prince Kuragin's
decades upon
decades of long lost love.

Looking forward to next week!

Because...

Anna's in jail.

Rose married for love and may be shunned.

Prince Kuragin wants to be more than friendly with Violet.

Mary is solo.

Tom may be headed to Boston.

Edith's secret is out of the bag.

Molesly and Baxter will be the next to marry, I'm thinking.

Thomas has a new direction.

Cora and Robert are BACK ON TRACK.

(I loved the return of Robert as hero last night, didn't you?)

And Scotland and all of it's grouse AWAIT!

* FYI: There was a Prince Kuragin in War & Peace.
MIND BLOWN.
And....this is what Violet (Maggie Smith) would have looked like when she met him!
(Hope you liked that!)